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A CEO's job is to make sure that his team is having fun – while they're being productive. |
Jack Welch
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"Fun must be a big element in your business strategy. No one should have a job they don't enjoy. If you don't wake up energized and excited about tackling a new set of challenges, then you might be in the wrong job." |
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Never allow your company to take itself too seriously Take swings, have fun Find job that challenges you Remove depressants Celebrate success |
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Never allow your company to take itself too seriously "As I went to bigger pieces of GE, I found bigger bureaucracies, layers and all that stuff and it wasn't friendly," writes Jack Welch. "Business was very serious-turf-boxes. Business isn't that. Business is ideas and fun and excitement and celebrations, all those things." Ultimately, Welch's book Winning is about competitive innovation, strategic leadership, people 10+, and making business more fun. “There are several themes you’ll hear again and again: the team with the best players wins, so find and retain the best players; don’t overbrain things to the point of inaction; no matter what part of a business you’re in, share learning relentlessly; have a positive attitude and spread it around; never let yourself be a victim; and for goodness sake – have fun,” writes Jack Welch.
Take swings, have fun Business has to be fun. For too many people, it's "just a job". Welch's "Authentic Leadership Model" included such success factors and traits as having a sense of humor, having fun, and having infectious enthusiasm. Welch's ultimate advice to those who want to be managers: “Err on the side of the bold. … Take swings, have fun.”
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Celebrate success “Business is ideas and fun and excitement and celebrations, and all those things.” Celebration is also a great way to energize an organization.
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Remove Depressants Remove anything that makes people less excited about going to work. Business should be about passion and winning and creating new things. It doesn't have to be about slogging through bureaucracy and approvals and all the other things that make work so depressing.
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Find job that challenges you "Seek out jobs and assignments that challenge your mind. You will never find out what you are truly capable unless you have job that inspires you." When asked to give one important piece of advice for the new generation of managers, Welch answered, "Do your thing. I mean have fun. Do what you like. If you're doing something you don't like, get the hell out of it. Go live and do things and reach for the moon all the time. Have fun doing it and don't be afraid. Don't live in a box."
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"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun." ~ Thomas Edison "A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts." ~ Richard Branson "Work should be challenging, and the challenge should be fun." ~ Larry Page "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."
~ Walt Disney
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"Inspire advocates. Mental diversity is very important – you need individuals who celebrate different viewpoints."
~ Tom Kelley, IDEO
"If you can make your customers laugh, and excite them with your vision of what life can be, they are not going to walk into your outlets, but run into them. Running a successful business should be fun for you, and there's every reason why you should be able to communicate that sense of fun to your customers. Certainly, if you aren't having fun, you probably aren't running a successful business."
~ James Essinger and Helen Wylie, authors of The Seven Deadly Skills of Competing
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